Though Harvest Headquarters are located in New York City, a few members of the team are located in different parts of the world, across the U.S. and Europe. Over the years, we have learned a thing or two about communicating efficiently over time and space. These tips are likely to be appropriate for all teams [...]

I recently came across a site called Clients From Hell, a blog that collects “client horror stories from designers”. Horror stories might be a bit of an overstatement – I skimmed a few posts, and there was nothing about people losing an arm or getting their faces blown off by clients. The general theme of [...]

As a follow-up to our article in June by Harvest user Jennifer about Simplifying Your Estimated Tax Process with Harvest, we’ve got another fine customer who wrote us about a parallel, but different issue: tracking IRS business expenses.
Kevin McGee, a freelance Technology Writer and Content Developer in the Bay Area, was kind enough to share [...]

The Small Business 101 column is where we share tips and ideas to help you work better, posing questions and finding solutions to the issues faced by the small business community.

Difficult People: What to Be on the Lookout For

There are many reasons why a client or supplier can be difficult to deal with, from a [...]

Earlier today, one of our fine customers tweeted at @harvest to say that Harvest’s printer-friendly reports have helped to make the process of calculating estimated taxes a breeze.  Since making quarterly estimated payments to the state and federal governments are a requirement for all freelancers and businesses based in the U.S., we followed up with [...]

I recently made my yearly call to the accountant. After some small talk and catching up, he apologized, but informed me that my appointment was going to cost a bit more than it did last year. He cited the general state of the economy, the fact that his rent has gone up and that even [...]

We founded Iridesco, the parent company of Harvest, in 2003 as a web design and development studio.  In the Spring of 2006, we launched Harvest and soon found that we were better suited for the product business than we were as a studio.  We then transitioned our business to a “software as a service” model.  [...]